Kelly Camp

Past Producer in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103873
MRDS ID M060145
Record type Site
Current site name Kelly Camp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.79781, 48.80373 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 11 MILES NNW FROM REPUBLIC, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bodie Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sanpoil(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Colville National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 38N 32E 09 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLES CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 7.62% WO3 - OVERALL AVERAGE PROBABLY LESS THAN 0.1% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mesozoic granitic rocks, undivided

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Calc-Silicate Rocks And Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Republic Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Weller

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY PRODUCTION WAS 10 TONS FOR A MILL TEST IN 1951, 1954, 1955

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 102.11M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES 75 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARSON, R. C., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BODIE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FERRY AND OKANOGAN COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GQ-636.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 344

  • Deposit

    CULVER, H. E. AND BROUGHTON, W. A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. OF GEOLOGY BULL. 34, P. 26

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SKARN ZONE ORIGINALLY WAS SERIES OF SANDY SHALES AND LIMESTONES, PROBABLY PALEZOIC IN AGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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